About Us

Temple University Hospital is a 740-bed teaching hospital located on Temple University's Health Sciences Center Campus at Broad and Ontario Streets in Philadelphia. The hospital offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services to the surrounding community, and highly specialized tertiary services to the entire region. Temple University Hospital provides patients with ready access to an exceptional group of physicians in every specialty and primary care field. These doctors include the nationally recognized faculty of the Temple University School of Medicine, who are supported by the advanced resources of its major teaching hospital. TUH is the chief clinical training site for the Temple University School of Medicine. Its expert medical staff and sophisticated equipment provide the environment for the highest quality patient care, training and research.

Our Mission, Vision and Values

Temple University Health System Mission (Why We Exist)
Our mission is to provide access to the highest quality of health care in both the community and academic settings.

Key Facts

Typical patient unit: 34 beds

Operating rooms: 22

Cardiac catheterization labs: 4

Critical Care Unit beds: 110

Special Unit beds: 186

Level 1 Trauma Center

Outpatient visits: 136,513

Emergency Department visits: 65,866

Births: 2,543

Temple University Hospital, Inc., Mission
In furtherance of the System Mission, the mission of Temple University Hospital is to support Temple University and its Health Sciences Center academic programs by providing the clinical environment and service to support the highest quality teaching and training programs for health care students and professionals, and to support the highest quality research programs.

For almost 85 years, Jeanes Hospital has combined excellence in health care with a compassionate, personal touch.

Today, as a member of the Temple University Health System, Jeanes Hospital offers state-of-the-art medical, surgical and emergency services, providing patients with the comfort and convenience of a community hospital along with the resources of a downtown academic medical center.

Fox Chase is a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. That elite title recognizes excellence in patient care, as well as in laboratory, behavioral, and clinical research. Fox Chase integrates the work of its clinicians and researchers to advance the understanding of cancer and offer leading-edge, compassionate care to patients.

Founded in 1904 as one of the first cancer hospitals in the country, Fox Chase offers a full spectrum of cancer-related services, from prevention to treatment to survivorship support. The Center’s scientists have won the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel Prizes, and its doctors are national leaders in innovative techniques from minimally invasive surgery to radiation therapy technologies. In pursuit of its mission to prevail over cancer, the Center is leading transformative developments in cancer genetics and personalized medicine and offers about 200 clinical trials at any time that give patients access to the latest medical advances.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is a 100-bed hospital, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is consistently ranked among the top cancer centers in the nation. The nationally and internationally recognized staff provides consultations and treatment recommendations for all types of adult cancer.

The Graduate Medical Education Programs that currently rotate to Fox Chase Cancer Center are: Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Internal Medicine; Otolaryngology, Surgery and Urology. Elective rotations are available to all programs.

Temple Physicians Inc.

Temple Physicians is Temple University Health System's network of community-based physicians with offices conveniently located throughout the Philadelphia region. The network was created in 1996 and today is among the largest and most-respected physician organizations in the area.

Temple Physicians has a large number of primary care doctors in the fields of family medicine, internal medicine, ob/gyn, and pediatrics. It also includes specialists in cardiology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, hematology/oncology, nephrology, orthopedics/sports medicine, pulmonology, and urgent care.

Temple Transport Team - Comprehensive Communication Center (T3-C3)

The Temple Transport Team is committed to providing safe and immediate critical care air and ground transport to you, any time of the day or night, in any kind of weather, utilizing state-of-the-art equipment.

We provide immediate access to an exceptional group of physicians in every specialty and primary care field. These physicians include the nationally recognized faculty of the Temple University School of Medicine and are supported by the advanced resources of its major teaching hospitals.